Coucouron is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.6
The share of empty homes is 1.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. There were 360 households in Coucouron at the 2023 Census, home to 777 residents. Households in social housing: 4.6% of the total. Fewer couples with children than in 80% of compared French towns: 19%.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Coucouron
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 380 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coucouron, 51% of its 740 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Coucouron’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coucouron had 850 residents at the 2012 census and 777 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
51% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. 16% of households have no car, a higher share than in 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. With flats at 17%, Coucouron is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count.
Coucouron’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
In Coucouron, 35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coucouron 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Coucouron. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 39% in Coucouron, more than in 66% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
11% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. The average household has 2 people.
Median standard of living: €23,520 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,520 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Coucouron, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Coucouron ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Coucouron. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are single
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Here 44% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Coucouron. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 777 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Coucouron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coucouron | 55.6 | 35% | 51% | 0.8% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 7.7 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 14.4 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 16.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 16.6 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 17 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 17.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Coucouron
What is the population of Coucouron?
777 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (850).
How old are Coucouron’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coucouron?
380, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coucouron?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coucouron?
€23,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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